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Black football players at Northwestern University were allegedly forced to compete in racist watermelon-eating contests, according to reports.

Two new lawsuits have reportedly added to the growing number of allegations related to hazing at the school. The lawsuits specifically note the impressionability of the young men involved in the hazing, CBS reported.

"Two more Northwestern University football players filed lawsuits against the school over the growing hazing scandal, including new allegations that Black players were forced to compete in racist watermelon-eating contests," according to the outlet. "'This is a clear promotion of the indisputably racist watermelon stereotype and anti-black racist trope,' the lawsuits both state."...

After decades of searching scientists have discovered that a vast reservoir of water, enough to fill the Earth’s oceans three times over, may be trapped hundreds of miles beneath the surface, potentially transforming our understanding of how the planet was formed.

By Amanda Becker

Clinical trials are to begin soon on a new vaginal ring that promises to provide months of protection against pregnancy, HIV and herpes, U.S. researchers said Wednesday.